Man Arrested for Assaulting Police Officer

The suspect threw a knife at the officer.

A Savannah-Chatham police officer got a lot more than he bargained for early today during what was supposed to be a routine traffic stop.

The officer pulled over a pickup truck at West Bay and Ferrill Streets about 4am, but when the officer approached the truck, the driver got out, threw a large pocket knife at the officer and said, "I'm bullet proof, you might as well shoot me now."

The officer called for back-up and had to use pepper spray when the truck driver began fighting with him.

The man had to be treated by EMTs for minor injuries. He tells police his name is Robert Comer.

This morning, comer is headed to the Chatham County jail, facing a variety of serious charges including assaulting a police officer.

An unseasonably warm weather pattern continues across the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry through next week. What is left of a cold front sinks southward, briefly, tonight and Sunday before lifting back northward. The front produces more Sunday cloud cover and, possibly, an isolated shower or two through the day. Temperatures reach lows in the 50s and lower 60s Sunday morning, before rebounding into the 60s and 70s Sunday afternoon; coolest north and northwest of Savannah. While...

An unseasonably warm weather pattern continues across the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry through next week. What is left of a cold front sinks southward, briefly, tonight and Sunday before lifting back northward. The front produces more Sunday cloud cover and, possibly, an isolated shower or two through the day. Temperatures reach lows in the 50s and lower 60s Sunday morning, before rebounding into the 60s and 70s Sunday afternoon; coolest north and northwest of Savannah. While...